The Anthropocene : age of complexity, foresight and innovation?
Purpose: Specific examples or brief case-histories in different fields or disciplines illustrate the inventive process from conception to realization. Design/methodology/approach: The authors examine predictions made in 2007 by “China experts” about what the Chinese business environment would look like in 2017. Their predictions were accurate in respect of around two-thirds of the issues they were asked to consider. The authors focus on the one-third of issues about which they were wide of the mark and examine the likely reasons. Findings: The newly named Anthropocene is a time of increasing conception, research, design, development, evaluation and exploitation of new artifacts and services. Objectivity: careful problem-analysis assures the authors’ understanding of innovating pathways. Research limitations/implications: Trial-and-error methods may be disorderly, log-type research records are not kept, accidents not considered relevant. Originality/value: Examples cited are transdisciplinary, often requiring inputs from other economic or cultural sectors. These complexities should be of incalculable value to innovators with single-field backgrounds.
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2018
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Authors: | Richardson, Jacques G. ; Erdelen, Walter Rudolf |
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foresight. - Emerald, ISSN 1463-6689, ZDB-ID 2028451-2. - Vol. 20.2018, 5 (14.11.), p. 571-582
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Emerald |
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